I think that he may benefit from a riser pad. If you were to ride him western, he might have some bridging due to his high withers. This is easily filled in with a pad that is thicker in the middle and thinner on the edges. My husband's horse is getting along a few years in age, and she does much better with a "swayback" pad.

Your horse if fine. High withers can be good. They hold the saddle on.

Ditto what everyone else has said and he might be just a tad straight in the shoulders which would also draw attention to the fact the he is a bit high in the withers. Good luck with your horse and God bless you for rescuing him, Peg

No he doesn't have sway back. Who ever told you that must not know much about conformation in horses. He's just long in the back with a weak top line. Going up hills and trotting up hills will help build his back line back up. For a TB he's actually pretty decent. He's just long in his back. Other then that he's nice!

He is a pretty nice horse. He is a bit long in the back and his front pasterns appear a tad upright. He is not conditioned to use his "ring of muscles." You can help him a LOT by trotting him upo long hills and over caveletti. Both things condition him and improve the top line.

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